Finance
Subtitle: servant or deceiver? : financialization at the crossroad
By: Paul H. Dembinski.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230220379
Subjects: Finance -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The historical development of finance; title: The euphoric years; title: Money : from servant to master; title: ICT euphoria; title: The break-up of money; title: Players and institutions; title: Markets as trust-building mechanisms; title: Mega-players; title: Custodians of the market temple; title: Public deficits and how they are financed; title: The financial world view; title: The efficiency ethos; title: Risk and return : a neat paradigm; title: Risk " fear of risk " : a risk-free future; title: From interest to greed : unbridled passion; title: A new pattern; title: Financial relationships and financial transactions; title: Financial relationships; title: From financial relationships to financial transactions; title: Financial transactions; title: The spread of transactions; title: The institutional process; title: Financial markets as sounding boards; title: Finance as intermediary; title: Relationships and transactions : statistical orders of magnitude; title: Finance and the rest of the economy; title: Very large corporations : the vehicles of financialization; title: Very large corporations (VICs); title: A global marketing economy; title: Enterprises' value : new forms of capital; title: Shareholder value : the mantra of the new foremen; title: Roe rules; title: Procedures as a vehicle for efficiency; title: Financialization of the economic fabric; title: VlCs' subcontractors; title: SMEs : private equity on the prowl; title: Tying customers to businesses; title: Planned obsolescence; title: 'Personalized' customer relations; title: Dissolving products into services; title: The alienation of the anaesthetized consumer; title: Other aspects of financialization; title: The age of anticipation : banks and their customers; title: Humanity in the grip of financialization; title: Finance : a metaphysical response; title: Implications of the new pattern; title: Finance? what kind of society do we want?; title: Limits inherent in the process itself; title: The spectre of sterility; title: Complexity; title: Concentration of economic power; title: Limits inherent in human nature; title: Transactions : beyond conflicts of interest; title: Ethical alienation; title: A sense of helplessness; title: What is to be done?; title: Challenge financial ethics; title: Encourage long-term relationships; title: Change the system of remuneration; title: Revisit financial process.